单车环台9天！英正妹部落客大赞山景无敌：下雨也好美
▲ 艾略特先前提到，还想再来台湾。（图／翻摄自IG／julietelliott）
英国单车旅游部落客艾略特（Juliet Elliott）去年11月来台单车环岛9天，沿经台中大甲、彰化鹿港、高雄、屏东车城、花连等地，不但狂赞西岸自行车道与东岸的无敌景色，也大啖在地美食。如今，她与丈夫戴夫（Dave）已在几个月前领养一名女孩，过着为人母亲的生活，同时兼顾她的单车人生。
中央社报导，艾略特当时每天骑约100公里的路程。她提到，高雄设置的自行车到相当完善，就算车流量大，单车骑士也不用与机车争道，且在车城到花东的山区路线景色优美，就算雨天也能大饱眼福。期间，艾略特也不忘在各景点拍照留念，造访多间寺庙以及冰淇淋工厂，体验台湾文化与观光。
I’m in Taiwan for #formosa900, a cycle tour right around the isIand following Cycle Route 1. I flew from Heathrow Saturday morning, arriving in Hong Kong Sunday morning where I transferred to Taipei, from there got a cab, met up with my new riding buddies and hopped straight on a bicycle! Amazing how you can just magic energy from nowhere when it comes to cycling - I’ve not actually slept since Friday night. I’m sure getting straight out has helped minimise jet lag. The upgrade to business class probably helped too. Thanks @cathaypacific
Juliet Elliott（@julietelliott）分享的贴文 于 PST 2017 年 11月 月 5 日 上午 1:36 张贴
It’s boiling hot and I’m riding my bike all day. Reality is going to be shock after this
Juliet Elliott（@julietelliott）分享的贴文 于 PST 2017 年 11月 月 8 日 上午 1:32 张贴
她认为，台湾在单车界享有极高的知名度，不单因为是捷安特的关系，许多全球知名品牌也是台湾制造。此外，2015年通车的环岛1号线早已被许多单车客列入必访口袋名单，「来台湾骑车旅游」未来很有可能成为趋势。
打开艾略特的IG，可见她对单车运动的热爱，除了台湾之外，她也走遍西班牙、比利时、德国、义大利等国。
值得一提的是，今年对她而言，应该算是特别的一年，因为家里多了一位可爱的小女孩。她上周在IG提到，因为她与丈夫过去几年多次尝试人工受孕，但最终都以失败收场，2人随后转向申请成为领养人，经过社会工作者评估，终于把女儿带回家，「如果你正努力达成某个目标，希望我的故事能激励大家继续走下去、不要中途放弃。尽量试着去做那些可以『做自己』的事情，对我来说，毫无疑问就是骑单车！」
A few people have noticed that my husband @dave_noakes started posting photos of a child this year. Last week someone asked me on my story whether I had any kids. Then my friend @kymnonstop said someone had asked her the same thing (about me).. • So here goes...Earlier this year, Dave and I adopted a little girl. She is incredible and I feel like the luckiest person alive! I wasn’t sure whether to post anything here but after a lot of reflection, I thought hey, being adopted means you were wanted more than anything. It doesn’t need to be hidden.. • Getting to this point has taken so long and been so hard. I’ve not shared the journey because it was so difficult, personal, scary and exhausting. Over the last couple of years I competed in @redhookcrit in between rounds of IVF. The cycling helped keep me sane, when I was allowed to ride, that is. One London based doctor banned me from riding for the entire cycle and that was awful! • When that didn’t work, We undertook incredibly intense training as prospective adopters, had our entire lives and past scrutinised, were assessed, grilled and assessed again. We filled in form after form. A social worker interviewed us for two hours each week for ten weeks. We waited and waited. We fought and grew sadder and more frustrated. But then..... our daughter arrived!!! • If you’re doing through something tough yourself, I hope this story can inspire you to keep going and to never give up hope. Try and carry on doing what makes you YOU as much as you can. For me, that was cycling!
Juliet Elliott（@julietelliott）分享的贴文 于 PST 2018 年 11月 月 12 日 上午 11:54 张贴
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